My humble praNAms to this esteemed group of devotees of sriya: patih
sriman narayanan, who are on their paths toward performing prapatti
yogam in order to obtain the blessings of Divya dampatis. it is always
our desire to perform kaimkaryam at all times and in all sorts to divya
dampatis. saraNAgathi tatvam is the only means to attain the same
for srivaishNavALs, as guided by our azhwArs, nathamuni, ALavandhAr, yatirAjar(sri
rAmAnujar), kUrEsar, parAsarar and our Great vEdAntha dEsikan, maNavALa
mAmunigaL, my AchAryA His Holiness Srimad poundareekapuram andavan, His
Holiness Srirangam Srimad andavan, His Holiness Sri Ahobila mutt Jeer Azhagiya
singar, Sri Vaanamaalmalai Mutt Jeer, Sri Parakala Mutt Jeer and many other
Greatest AchAryAs of Sri vaishnavam.

On the panguni utthiram day Lord RanganAtha (naMperumAL) appears
along with our mAthA pirAtti Sri RanganAyaki thAyAr and on only this day,
one can have this sEtthi sEvai (darshan of Divya dampathis
together) and words can NOT come to my rescue for expressing the happiness
and bliss one gets during this utsavam when a person looks at Them; Especially
because the scene is this:

The Lord (naMperumAL) is standing majestically as usual and more beautiful
and graceful today due to the fact that His consort, the Most gorgeous
looking pirAtti is enjoying the beauty of Her Lord without taking Her eyes
off Him even for a second (She does not even sit facing us; She has turned
her posture by 90 Degrees and is facing the LORD fully;) That should definitely
make our pithA feel PROUD and HAPPY and one can actually the beaming face
of the Lord depicting His happiness in His eyes and His mandhahAsam;

And this is the right opportunity (any one who has got their report
cards signed when the father is in joyous mood and is with the mother,
who is also happy being with the father will agree with me) for a person
to ask for favours from our Divine Eternal PARENTS. Our yatirAjar makes
no mistakes; He has struck when the iron is hot.

He has taken the pirAtti first in his side (knowing fully well that
pirAtti is only listening; but not looking at him;) by praising Her attributes
of mercy, dayA, vAtsalyam and Her being together with the Lord always at
all times under all circumstances (nityAnapAyinee) and pleads to the pirAtti
for recommending to the Lord.

There goes the Gadhya trayam composition ( saraNagathi Gadhyam,
Sriranga Gadyam and Vaikunda Gadhyam composed in prose forms) by sri rAmAnujar,
the beauty of which must have already been known to BhagavatALs. These
gadhyams are in fact only to guide us who are caught in samsaaric troubles
and are in deep waters. There is no other sign of escape for us; except
for such excellent compositions of seers. These compositions of yatirAjA
had been immediately appreciated by Divya dampatis Themselves and their
assurances to protect and save him (and his devotees as well) at all times
and to take yatirAjA to Their Lotus feet at the end to perform ceaseless
kainkaryam.

With the blessings of Divya Dampathis and of yatirAjA, I would like
to think loud with you by posting simple, lucid description of these Gadhya
trayams.

May pirAtti SriRanganAyaki samEtha namperumAL bless us all for performing
kainkaryams to Divya Dampathis and His BhagavatALs at all times.

Sri rAmAnujar thiruvadigaLe saraNam

Saranagathi Gadhyam

Sri:SrimathE RamanujAya namah:

1. Bhagavan NarAyaNa ......... saraNa maham prapadhyE..

Meaning: Sri MahAlakshmi has got all the attributes, the thirumEni,
its
specialities, the kalyANa GuNAs, which the Lord likes always; Not even
a second,
she gets separated from the Lord; Blemishless; the pattamahishi of
dEvAthi
dEvan; the mother for the entire universe; and my mother too; Such
a great
mother Sri mahAlakshmi- I, who has no other shelter or protector, take
refuge at
her lotus feet.

Requesting Sri mahAlakshmi to recommend to Lord Sri RanganAtha:

2. pAramArtthika...... asthu mE..

Meaning: Parabhakti, ParaGnAnam and Paramabhakti are the permanent
means to
hold the Lord's Lotus feet. With those Bhakti, one can get the
divine
experience and Bhagavadh anubhavam which is the only one to be desired
and
nothing else; From that Bhagavadh anubhavam, the "NILAIYAANA KAINKARYAM"
to the
Lord. For getting that sort of attitude and the bhakti, one shall
perform
SARANAGATHI at the Lotus feet of namperumAL. O mAthA, Please
bless me to obtain
such bent of mind to do SARANAGATHI at all times; with no gap absolutely.

Piratti acknowledges:

3. AsthuthE.....Let it happen as you asked for.

4. Thayaiva sarvam sampathyathE With that saraNagathi, you (and
your
sishyAs) ("SARVAM") are going to get EVERY sampath.

EmberumAn's swaroopam:

5. Akila hEya .....swaroopa..

The One, who has embodied unlimited GnAnam, Anandham, and who has housed
all
kalyANa guNAs, who has differed from all that is different from Him
by nature,
who has all qualities that is opposite to those which we hate;

EmperumAn TirumEni azhaghu:

6. SwAbhimathAnuroopaika....Divya roopA..

The one who has the ThirumEni which is very much liked by Him; which
can NEVER
be thought and understood about; which is NOT a combination of various
particles
and matter; which is a wonder(aRputham); which has no beginning and
no end;
which is blemishless; which is an unparalleled brightening body; which
has
azhaghu(beauty), sughandham(Good smell), softness, and youth always;

EmperumAn's GuNAs:

7. SwAbhAvikA.....mahArNavA..

the one who has excellent innumerable kalyANa guNAs (as enumerated by
AchAryA in
"saraNAgathi Gadhyam" also) namely.,JnAnam(true and perfect knowledge),
Bhala
(ability to support the whole Universe), Aishwarya (incomparable wealth
and
ruler ship of the Universe), veerya (untiring virility), shakthi (power
to act
without extraneous help), tEjas(unmatched radiance), souseelya(purest
character), vAtsalya(pure unmitigated love), Maardava(affectionate
tenderness
towards devotees/ bhagavathaaLs), Aarjava(Honesty), Souhardha(Thinking
of good
only), Samya(equanimous one), KaruNya(Merciful), Madhurya(sweet even
to
enemies), Gambheerya(majesty and nobility), Audharya(giving out liberally-
vaLLal thanmai), Chathurya(ability to change even enemies into friends),
sthairya(determined to stay on chosen course), dhairya(undaunted courage
to
bring succor to the bhakthAs), sowrya(ablility to fight alone),
parakrama(winning the battles effortlessly), sathya kAma(having Thy
will ever
fulfilled), sathya sankalpa(Having Thy deeds fully executed),
krutithvam(carrying out the duties of BhagavathaaLs), kruthangnathai(remembering
with gratitude even a little worship offered to Him), and repository
and ocean
of all such innumerable kalyANa guNAs; He is parabrahmam and PurushOtthaman
.
Such qualities are flooded in our Lord!

BhagawAn's alankArangaL:

SvOchotha.divya bhooshaNA:

8. The ones which are exactly matching and are suitable to Him,
the ones which
are of different, spectacular, kinds, and have no beginning and have
no counts;
have permanence in themselves; have no blemishes; unlimited fragrance,
softness,
brightness in them;- such crown (kireetam), choodAvadhamsam (mudi aNi),
makarakundalam, mAlai, muthucharangaL, bangles, Srivathsam (mole on
His chest),
ThiruvayiRRup pattam, PeethAmbharam, araigNaN, thaNdai, etc., are His
AbharaNangaL(jewels).

EmperumAn's weapons(AyudhangaL):

SwAnuroopAchnthya.divyAyudhA..

9. The ones which are exactly matching and the ones whose powers
can NOT be
thought of or understood (by anyone)- such sanghu(conch), chakram(discuss),
gadhai, vil, are His weapons which have no blemishes and always do
good to
others;- O Lord, the one who has such weapons!

His consorts:

Swabhmatha.srivallabhA yEvamhootha NeeLA nAyakA:

10.The one who is always dearest to Him; who is foe ever, matching and
suitable,
without blemishes, has a suitable ThirumEni azhaghu, attributes, guNAs,
capabilities, command, qualities precisely identical to the Lord- Sri
MahAlakshmi- Her nAyakA!, Similarly BhoomidEvi, NeeLAdEvi nAyakA!

His parijana, parichArikALs:

SwatchAndhAnu.saraNayugaLA

11. The state, actions and qualities of following emperumAn's
thiruvuLLam(mind)
at all times, the concentration and determination to perform service
to the Lord
at all times and with a thought about that only at all times, the GnAnam,
actions, command, qualities and attributes and such countless kalyANa
gunAs are
housed in AdhisEshan, vishvaksEnar, Garudan, and other parijanangaL
and maids
who always serve the Lotus feet of our Lord incessantly. O such
great two feet!

BhagawAn's place:

ParamayOgivaikuntanAthA..

12.Even the most greatest yOgis can not talk or think or measure His
swaroopam,
such wonderful swaroopam, swabhAvam, such qualities are fully housed
in
unlimited, beautiful, blemishless, permanent, the one where there is
no
comparison to any other place- such Sri vaikunta vAsi! Akila
ulaga nAthan
SwasankalpAnu vibhavalaya leela..

13. The One who has leelAs(playful acts) of The creation, the
sustenance and
the Destruction of all countless, wonderful enjoyer, the enjoyment
and the
enjoyed, the one who has housed within Himself as His nature the prakrithi,
the
purushan and the time(kAlam),- Such leelA vinOdhA! Surrender
to the Lord
SathyakAmAprapadyE..

The One who has all that He can think of; who can achieve all that He
can
attempt; The one who is a parabrahman; uttamapurushan; who rules all
unlimited,
unbounded beings and non-beings; Sri mahAlakshmi nAyakA!, NarAyaNA;
Sri
vaikutanAthA;

The one who is an ocean of kArunyam, sowseelyam, vAtsalyam, AudhAryam,
Sowndharyam; The one who does not see the level and protects everyone
equally;
who wipes the sufferings of bhaktALs; who removes bhaktALs' mistakes;
who knows
the truths of all matters; movable ones, non movable ones-He commands
them at
all times; who is the support for the entire Universe; who is a swAmi
for the
entire Universe; And also my swAmi; Who has everything with Him; who
can get
whatever He thinks; who is different from others (except Him); who
is like a
kaRpakatharu for those who beg Him; who is a friend in need; one who
never
separates Himself from pirAtti; Sriman NarAyaNA; one who is the only
refuge for
those who are in need of support; Such Sri NarAyaNA! I surrender
into your two
Lotus feet.

(Dvaya manthram to be recited here)

Pitharam... gruhANi cha..

O BhagawAn! I have left the bonds of bodily relations like father,
mother,
wife, children, bhandhus(relatives), friends, Gurus, RathinangaL(wealth),
danadhAnyangaL. Properties, Houses, DharmangaL, and all others,
and have
surrendered to your feet, TrivikramA!

TvamEvadEva sodum.. DEvAdhi dEvA! You are my mother; my
father; my relative;
my Guru; my knowledge; my matter; my every thing; One who has unparalleled
good
qualities; One who is a father of all movable and immovable, living
and non
living beings; You are the only one who can be worshipped; You are
the only one
who can be a Teacher; Hence, You are the GREATEST; When there is not
even an
equal person to match You; How can there someone be greater than You(There
CAN
NOT BE).

Hence, I have placed my human body flat on the ground and prostrate
at your feet
considering You as my Lord, the one who is worshippable. Consider
me as a son
to a father; as a friend to another friend; as a wife to a husband;
and bear all
my mistakes, blunders which I have committed.

(Our Sri RamanujA thus prostrated to Sriya: pathi and begged to
be forgiven by
the Lord).

ManOvAkkAyai..kShamasva..

10&11.Through the mind, Language and the body, from time immemorial
(for so many
births), the mistakes, blunders (apachArams) have been committed; that
too,
tremendous, infinite number of apachArams- doing the ones which should
not have
been done; not doing the ones which should be done as per shAstrAs;
committing
apachArams to the Lord; to the BhAgavathALs; committing unforgivable,
unpardonable apachArams; -All of these, O Lord, Please show mercy on
me and
forgive me for my such mistakes. Out of these apachArams, some
have already
started giving me results; some have not yet yielded results; some
have been
committed in the past; some are being done in the present; and some
may even be
committed in the future; - Please forgive me for all these apachArams.
With
regards to Atman, Worldly things, I have been having a misconception
and having
a "vibhareetha GnAnam", for quite a long time (for so many births);
All these
wrong GnAnams and misconceptions, which I possess, and will possess-
Please
forgive me them also. Request for removal of "mAyai"

madheeya-anAdhi karma... mAm thAraya..

12. The mAyA, which has been there in me due to my karmAs I have
been doing for
a long time; which has been hiding me from the Supreme Truth (BhagawAn)
and has
been leading me to a "vibhareetha GnAnam" of mistaking the Body as
Atman (or
attaching myself to the Body); a thinking that "Worldly and sensual
pleasures
are the happiest and are to be sought after; the mAyA which has been
as a body,
as sense organs, as bhOgyam, as gross and fine matter; as sattva, rajas
and
thamasa guNAs; - Such a mAyA of mine(who is saying to You, "I have
surrendered
to You and am Your servant ALWAYS")-Please enable me to cross over
Thy mUla
prakriti of the entire guNAs causing beginningless and endless karmas".

tEshAm gnAnee... sudhurlabha:..

13."the GnAni is the one, who is a bhakthA and always thinks of me;
hence, he is
my dearest. and I am his dearest too." - Please make me
such a gnAni!.

Request for PARABHAKTI

"purushas sa para: pArtha:... kinkarO bhavAni..

14."ArjunA, that Parama purushan can be attained through unadulerated
ekAntha
bhakti only"; "can be attained only with a single pointed devotion/bhakti";
"he
gets the Highest Bhakti from Me"- You have mentioned such parama bhakti
three
times; - Please bless me with such a paramabhakti.

15.Please make me an embodiment of para bhakti, paragnAna and parama
bhakti.

16.With those para bhakti, paragnAnam and parama bhakti, I will get
Bhagavadh
anubhavam and will get "nitya kainkaryam" to You.

BHAGAWAAN REPLIES:

Evambhootha mathkainkarya....kinkarO bhavishyasi..

17.Like that, you may not possess or have any means to get Nitya kainkaryam
to
Me; you may have committed numerous apachArams to Me; and to My bhAgavathALs;
you may have committed unpardonable apacharams; you may have possessed
vibhareetha ahankAram and vibhareetha gnAnam and hidden the"Real" swaroopam
of
Atman; You may have got WRONG vibhareetha thoughts for ages (for so
many
births); you may possess sathva, rajasa, thAmasa guNAs and also are
bound by
sukha, dukkangaL(pleasure and sorrows); their causes-theorigin of such
vibhareetha thoughts;- you are being troubled and disturbed greatly
by the above
things and obstruct you to get the "paripoorNa parabhakti, paragnAnam
and
paramabhakti; - In spite of all these, even though, you have all the
above, JUST
BECAUSE SOME WAY (may be, inadvertently), YOU HAVE RECITED DWAYA MANTHRAM;
and
Hence, With My Grace and Mercy, you will get rid of all hurdles; worries
and
troubles coming in the way to obtain para bhakti and para gnAnam and
parama
bhakti; With My Grace, you will be blessed with My Swaroopam, GuNam,
Roopam,
Perumai, LeelAs etc., and you will see Them in person; you will be
My servant
and you will enjoy Me ONLY; you will realise that realising Me and
Serving Me
ONLY GIVES you HAPPINESS AND BLISS; For ever, permanently, with no
other
material benefit or desire, you will LOVE to serve Me; Experiencing
Me and Great
Love and Bhakti, affection arising in you out of that Rich Experience
will come
to you BY MY GRACE; you will always PERENNIALLY LOVE TO SERVE ME AND
GET
BLESSED; you will be keen on That only;

18. This section is an assuring answer by the Lord to a question
that Sri
Ramanuja has in mind :When do I start such a kaimkaryam ? You
have already
started BEING like that.

19.Keep reciting Dwaya manthram and ITS MEANING and get over even the
semblance
of ALL the HURDLES; Live like that HAPPILY in SRIRANGAM till your body
is worn
out and will not house YOU ANY MORE;

20.When your body falls down, you will shine BRIGHT BY MY GRACE and
you will see
My Darshan and You will be GREATLY INQUISITIVE to see Me and Reach
Me to Serve
Me; and you will shed the BODY like removing the Old Cloth; you will
get All
Bhakti for Me Due to My Grace; You will get "Nitya Kainkaryam" for
Me; and you
will Not desire anything other than the bliss and happiness of performing
Nitya
Kainkaryam;

21.Have No Doubts about This (mA thE bhoothathra samsaya:)

22. I have NEVER UTTERED FALSEHOOD; Nor will I ever; Rama Never
Talks Twice;
"Once, whoever surrenders to Me and says "I am Your Servant", I offer
"AbhaYam"
to All such Beings";

23.SACRIFICE ALL FRUITS OF YOUR KARMA AND SURRENDER TO MY FEET; I SHALL
DELIVER
YOU FROM ALL YOUR ALL SINFUL REACTIONS. DO NOT FEAR OR LAMENT.
(SarvadharmAn
... mA sucha:)

24. Athas thwam thava.. sukhamAswa..
Hence, you, the one who has joined Me, will know Me as I am, will see
as I am
and will reach Me as I am and shall HAVE NO DOUBTS AT ALL ABOUT IT;
Live Happily
Till then.

(Dearest Brothers and Sisters- It is Just my free translation and I
know with my
limited (and no) knowledge, it is beyond my ability and capacity to
do full
justice to this Gadhyam's RICH TATHWAM; My attempt is a humble one
, since great
AchAryAs have commented on the many deep meanings of this gadhyam that
is dear
to the world of Sri VaishNavAs. They have commented extensively
about Sri
RamAnujA's saraNAgathi Gadhyam serving as an exposition of the Dvaya
manthram
that has come to us thru AchAryAs . I place this humble effort
of mine at the
feet of the divya dampathis of Srirangam and AchArya RaamAnujA with
great
humility and in the spirit of service to the Sri VaishNavA community

-- Narayana dasan Madhavakkannan

Sriranga Gadyam

Sri:SrimathE RamanujAya namah:

Dearest sisters and brothers, Subsequent to the article on "saraNAgathi
Gadhyam", let us get blessed by the bhakti and great intense personal
and
emotional anubhavam of our achAryA in his SriRanga Gadhyam.

1. svAdheenatrividhachEtanAchEtana-.....bhavAmi....

"Bhagawaan- the one who has and holds sway over the bhaktha,
mukhta and
nitya varities of chEtanAs (sentinent) and their existence and activities;
and
achEthanAs (insentinent); the one who is not affected nor influenced
by miseries
and by sinful and virtuous karmAs; the one who has excellent innumerable
kalyANa
guNAs (as enumerated by AchAryA in "saraNAgathi Gadhyam" also)
namely.,JnAnam(true and perfect knowledge), Bhala (ability to support
the whole
Universe), Aishwarya (incomparable wealth and ruler ship of the Universe),
veerya (untiring virility), shakthi (power to act without extraneous
help),
tEjas(unmatched radiance), souseelya(purest character), vAtsalya(pure
unmitigated love), Maardava(affectionate tenderness towards devotees/
bhagavathaaLs), Aarjava(Honesty), Souhardha(Thinking of good only),
Samya(equanimous one), KaruNya(Merciful), Madhurya(sweet even to enemies),
Gambheerya(majesty and nobility), Audharya(giving out liberally- vaLLal
thanmai), Chathurya(ability to change even enemies into friends),
sthairya(determined to stay on chosen course), dhairya(undaunted courage
to
bring succor to the bhakthAs), sowrya(ablility to fight alone),
parakrama(winning the battles effortlessly), sathya kAma(having Thy
will ever
fulfilled), sathya sankalpa(Having Thy deeds fully executed),
krutithvam(carrying out the duties of BhagavathaaLs), kruthangnathai(remembering
with gratitude even a little worship offered to Him), and repository
and ocean
of all such innumerable kalyANa guNAs; He is parabrahmam and PurushOtthaman
(foremost); He is SriRanga saayi; the one who is reclining on the serpent
bed in
Sri Rangam and He is my swamin;- I am always subject to the command
of Him, and
have tasted the sweetnesss of being in service to the Lord forever.
I will
always consider Him as the subject of my Bhakti and GNAnam and will
enjoy Him
only as my only aim with no gap or separation at all; with such enjoyment,
I
will get tremendous happiness and bliss and pErAnandham and will involve
myself
at all times and all circumstances, in offering my service to the Lord
and will
be saoked and immersed in such service."

2. svAtma niyAmya....prapadyE...

".I, the jivaathma, am always at Your beck and call; always at Your
disposal
for carrying out service and having a thought of service at all times;
having
love for enjoyment of limitless kalyANa guNAs of the Lord; Arising
out of that
enjoyment, is the Bhakti yoga, karma yoga and Gnana yoga, sAthveekam,
Asthikam
etc., - But the above all are NOT in me; On the contrary, I possess
vibhareetha
gnAnam and karma and am caught in deep waters of inescapable ocean
of sins; I am
incapable of breaking myself free from this ocean (crossing the ocean
of sin)
with my knowledge and bhakti since they are covered with ego and are
covered by
my inevitable association with prakritti. My unavoidable association
with
triguNAs is like oil in the sesame seed (eLLil eNNAI pOl) and fire
in
firewood(araNikkatayil neruppu pOl). I am bound by the rope of
karma in the
form of virtue and sin accumulated over time immemorial over the ages
for so
many births of mine out of ignorance; I am incapable of finding the
means to
overcome this bondage of samsaara ; However hard I try, it is not possible;
Hence, the only refuge of all beings! O Lord! Sriman NarayaNA!,
the one who is
ever associated with Sri Lakshmi!, You are the only means of emancipation.
I
surrender at Your Lotus feet. I seek Your protection.

(Sisters and brothers, Acharya, we all know, DOES NOT possess such limitations
but is speaking on OUR BEHALF and whatever he says are only for us;
Let us
realise THAT and get blessed by AcharyA and Divine Dampathis!)

3.Eva mavasthi thasyaapi...praarthayE.

"Even though I am in such a helpless state, just because I
have begged you,
having that alone as the reason, the ever merciful Lord, emperumaan,
will grant
me the favour of firm single-minded devotion in everlasting service
to Him; Oh
Lord! Please grant me this boon and I pray for it."

4.tavaanubhoothi sambhoota...gatimanyathA...

I do not have any other shelter and have no other means.
BhagavaanE!
Please give me and grant me the service to You from the joy of experiencing
and
enjoying You. Please enable me to please You with my love for
You and grant
that out of Your limitless mercy."

(You all may notice that any love, bhakti for Sriman Narayana arising
in us is
and can come only due to His mercy and NOTHING else; Our begging Him
to grant us
that is all the simplest effort we have to take- Simple- let us start
begging
Him now immedeiately!)

sarvaavathOchitasEsha....kurushva mAm...

5." SenthAmaraik kaNNA!..(Red Lotus eyed Lord!) I should
always be eager to
render all forms and all kinds of service under all conditions.
Please bless me
to possess this state of mind".

Evambhootha....kAraya

6." Even though I have no sincere wish to know the truth nor desire;
and I am
not fit for Your grace to reach the goal, just because I am doing lip
service
and am uttering such words (without actually sincerely meaning them),-
taking
that as my request please grant me the mind to concentrate on what
I am going to
tell and consider my words as an excuse to fill my deficiencies" (What
an
excellent reflection about our character and defects in our minds!
acharya is
narrating in clear categorical terms the state of our minds and their
nature)

apArakanuNambhthE!...namOsthuthE..

7. "Oh Limitless infinite Ocean of Mercy!, the Ultimate Shelter
and Succour of
all irrespective of differences!, the One who wipes and removes the
distress of
all who take refuge in Him!, Great Ocean of Love to Your Devotees!,
The One, who
knows all truths about all beings that are created !, You who is filled
with
ENTIRETY!, the One, who has His wishes always fulfilled!, The One who
can do all
that He wishes!, Friend in my distress!, Oh kAkusthA (RaamA!), the
One, who is
ever associated with Sri!, Sriman NararyaNA!, The One, who is the Greatest
among
all!, Sri RanganAthA!, My NathA!, I PROSTRATE BEFORE YOU!"

(Sisters and brothers, Acharya conveys us the saraNAgathi tatvam and
that the
Lord is ever Merciful and showers His grace and mercy on those who
surrender to
Him. He has used Sri Ram for His mercy on the Bird, the Monkeys,
the Old lady
(sabhari), the stone(ahalyaa), the enemy's brother(vibheeshaNa), the
vEdan(Guhan), the asuran (kAkAsuran) (and all of us!))

-- Narayana dasan Madavakkannan

Sri Vaikunta Gadhyam

SRI:SrimathE RamnujAya Namah:

This "Sri Vaikunta Gadhyam" is the third Gadhyam of our AchAryA's Gadhya
trayam-
(Let us immerse ourselves into this excellent composition and get a
darshan of
Sriya: Pathih Sriman NarayaNa's Vaikuntam and be blessed by the
AchAryA and
Divya Dampathis;)

1.svAdheena trividha chEtanAchEtana_.saraNa manuvrajEth..

"Emperumaan- Bhagawaan- the One who has and holds sway over the ChEthanAs
(sentient) namely., bhaktha, muktha and nithya varieties ., and their
existence
and activities; Also over the AchEthanAs (Non-sentient beings); He
is the One
who is NOT affected by nor influenced by miseries, pApa and puNya (sinful
and
virtuous) karmAs; He is the One who has excellent Greatest innumerable
kalyANa
GuNAs namely., jnAnam, bhalam, aishvaryam, veeryam, shakti, and is
an Ocean of
such Most Auspicious attributes; - He is the Foremost among men; I
shall
consider Him as my Master, Friend, Teacher at all times and I shall
render
service to His Lotus Feet and only such thought should prevail in my
mind
always;

To attain that Nitya kaimkaryam, even after wasting the Thousands of
ages
(births), with a thinking that there are OTHER MEANS but to surrender
at the
Lotus Feet of Him- who is the Ocean of Mercy for all beings; who has
the
unbounded nature of being good to anyone; who thrills the minds of
dEvAs, human
beings and all other beings with His Grand GuNAs; who is the Ocean
of Love for
His bhagavatOttamaaLs; who considers being in the company of His devotees
as the
Biggest enjoyment; who has the Grandest attributes in Him; Such Sriman
NarayaNan's Lotus Feet- I shall think at all times that these Two Feet,
which
are the only means for salvation for the Athmaa ;There are no OTHER
means for
salvation - With that thinking I shall surrender at His Feet;

2.thathaccha^EanusmarEth..

"Thereafter, everyday, I shall continue to think in this manner for
the
salvation of my Athman;

3.chathur dasa bhuvanaathmaka maNdambhagavthE vinEdhayath.. SRI

VAIKUNTAM The Universe which consists of fourteen lOkAs; beyond that,
the seven
aavaraNangaL which are ten times the size of these Universes; Beyond
these Cause
and Effect Groups; there exists "parama aakAsam" the One which can
NOT be
comprehended /attained even by the minds and speeches of Brahmaa and
others-
That is Sri Vaikuntam, the Divya lOkam. In that lOkam populated
by the likes of
sanathkumArA known for their jnAnam, by the like of BrahmA, RudrA et
al known
for their karma bhavanA, likes of mahAthmAs known for their devotion
to their
(our) Lord, there is ONE BIG ThirukkOil (temple) whose Length and Breadth
can
NOT be measured at all - which is surrounded by thousands of Gardens
full of
flowers and kaRpakA trees (capable of giving whatever one wishes) -
which is
surrounded by thousands of beautiful ramparts; In that temple, there
is an
exquisitely beautiful "asthAna maNtapam" (Hall?) which has hundreds
of
thousands of "Rathna" pillars, floor made of gems, curtains, etc.,
surrounded by
trees which shower most fragrant flowers always, at all times;

There are Halls surrounded by kaRpaka trees yielding pArijAtha flowers;
These
halls always look as if they have just been built; Some of thses halls
are meant
for Sriman NarayaNan's Divya leelAs and some others are meant for AlarmEl
mangai's Divya leelAs and others are meant for the enjoyment of Divya
Dampathis
together; There are hundreds of thousands of gardens where parrots,
peacocks,
cuckoos etc., add beauty to them.

They are surrounded by Streams of water where crystal clear water flows;
they
are filled by Divine Birds which are extremely beautiful to look at
and whose
sweet voices are pleasing to hear; Divine Swans swim in those streams
of water
which flow at SriVaikuntam; There are beautiful play grounds which
stupefy
people who see them; In those play grounds there are beds made of flowers
at
different places; In one of those playgrounds, where there are honey
- bees sing
merrily and where sandal, camphor, Divya pushpanGaL etc., add sughandha
(Good)
smell to the place; Amidst such a place, there is a Divine Beautiful
Cot on
which is seated, AdisEshan - and Above AdhsEshA;-

SRI MAHA LAKSHMI

She illumines the Entire dEvalOkam with Her lustre; the One who directs
the
kaimkaryams for the Lord (that has to be done by sEshan) and VishvaksEnar;
She
is EQUAL to The Lord in GuNAS, Form and the Attributes in all respects-
With
Such Sri MahAlakshmi, Our Emperumaan adorns the place;

The BEAUTY OF BAGAWAN

Like the just bloomed Red Lotus flower, the kaNNazhgan, Blue hued Lord,-
who
wears the glittering peethAmbharam, who enlightens the Whole world
with His
Cool, Pure, ThirumEni;- incomprehensible, Divine, Wonderful, Ever permanent,
Youthful, Ocean of Beauty; Since His body is so tender, it appears
as if due to
exertion, there are few droplets of sweat on His forehead and few strands
of
dark hair falling on His forehead; - The One, who has the Beautiful
eyes as if
it is just bloomed Lotus flower, who has the eye brows like the creeper,
who has
the Most beautiful lower lip, who has the sweet, pleasing smile on
His lips, who
has soft cheeks, sharp, prominent nose, Bright, long, ear studs (kuNdalanGaL)
that hang down to the shoulders; who has the neck like the Conch, who
has the
calf muscles (that have been pressed by the dEvis and contain the fallen
flowers
form dEvis' heads)- and the Four long hands extending upto the Calf
muscles; who
has the Most Beautiful lines in His soles of His Feet, which are red
in colour
like Red Lotuses; who has the Beautiful rings in His fingers; who has
the Fresh
Red Lotus like Feet;

By delegating and giving the necessary powers to VishvaksEnar who just
by
thinking can create, sustain and destroy the Entire Universe; - Such
Emperumaan
sits surrounded by NitysUris, who by nature do not have the misfortunes
that the
samsaaris (like us) are burdened with;

NityasUris

By nature, they are eternally free souls; none that samsaaris have;
they
consider the servitude to the Lord as the Only enjoyment- Such Divya
sooris
(like GarudA) serve Him; -

The One, who by just a mere glance can enliven the Universe with Happiness;
-
His nectar of words that comes from the middle of The Red Lotus-like
face; which
adorns the Red Lotus; which is adorned by Divine GhAmbeeryam, OudhAryam,
mAthuryam and such Great kalyANa GuNAs; which fill the valleys in everyone's
minds; - Such Emperumaan- seeing Him in our minds; thinking and realizing
Him
and His Primordial Nature; -

Longing Desire of Athmaa

Sriman NarayaNan He is the Master of my kulam, the Lord of my kulam,
the Wealth
of my kulam; My Enjoyment, My mother, My father, My Everything- Such
Sriman
NarayaNan When will I see Him? When will I get to The Lotus Feet
of my
Bhagawaan? When will I get the only desire to render service
to His Lotus Feet
and remove all other desires and all other natures of all kinds of
samsaaris and
attain His Feet?

When will I get the capacity to render kaimkaryam to Bhagawaan and consider
that
alone as the Enjoyment and perform kainkaryam? When will Bhagawaan
look at me
with His cool eyes and speak to me lovingly, majestically and sweetly
and
command me to render the kainkaryam?

Growing such a desire to render the kaikaryam to the Lord, (which also
is
growing due to His GRACE only ) approaching the Lord with that desire,
I
approach SRI VAIKUNTANATHAN, who sits on the lap of AdhisEshan-

ATMA NIVEDHANAM

When I approach The One who sits along with Sri MahAlakshmi, on the
lap of Adi
sEshan, The One who can be attained by GarudA et al., - Seeing such
Bhagawaan-
"Oh Sriman NARAYANAA! The One who stays with all His parivaar
(entourage)!"
addressing the Lord like that from afar, from a long distance, from
then on,-
continue to prostrate on the Ground towards the Direction where He
sits, - with
full of fear (due to Great respect), politeness, pay obeisance to the
Lord and
all others sitting in that Hall, the Commander-in-Chief, The Gate keepers,
et
al., and be seen and blessed by each of their merciful eyes; - Finally
approach
the Lord very closely and stay very near to Him and utter the ThiruvashtAkshara
manthram and beg Him saying " Please grant me the capacity to render
Nitya
kainkaryam to YOU, My Lord, without any interruption and without any
other
fruit;" With such yAchakam (begging), I should surrender myself to
the Lord.

"Then, Bhagawaan by Himself, for the salvation of athmaa, - looks very
lovingly,
and very much mercifully at me; I at all times, at all situations,
will be
enabled to have the necessary capacity to be the Humble servant; and
will be
permitted to be so; will pay obeisance to the Lord with full of Great
fear (due
to enormous reverence and respect for Him) and will serve Him with
Folded arms
and render service to Him.

5. Thathascha ^EavalOkayan aasitha..

The Ultimate Bliss of Bhagawaan's Darshanam " Then, enjoying all natures
of the
Lord, due to the Great infinite amount of love and bhakti for the Lord,
there
can not be any other doing, seeing, thinking- such actions are not
possible to
be carried out by me any more (by His grace); begging only for being
His servant
exclusively; Looking at HIM UNITERRUPTEDLY like a CRYSTAL CLEAR CONTINUOUS
STREAM of seeing HIM and shall continue to do so;

6. ThathO bhagawathO swayamEva^Esukhamaaseetha..

The Athma sukham Granted By Bhagawaan Then, Bhagawaan, by Himself, for
the
salvation of athmaa, looks at ME, very much lovingly, affectionately,
with a
GENTLE SMILE CALLS ME, and removing all kinds of SORROWS, GRANTING
THE
UNBOUNDED, UNPARALLELED, ENJOYMENT OF KEEPING HIS LOTUS FEET ON MY
HEAD- Like
that Meditate on Him and let all parts (of the Body, Mind and the Intellect
and
Athmaa?) be immersed in THE OCEAN OF NECTAR AND ENJOYING THE
GREATEST BLISS FOR
EVER AND EVER;

Dearest BhAgavatOttamALs, Such is the most Excellent composition of
our AchAryA,
YathirAjA, Sri RamanujAchArya. Be blessed with our AchAryA's
tremendous
enjoyment and bhakti for Sriya: pathih Sriman NarayaNan.
Please read them
especially on Ekadasis and on auspicious days; Let us read the meanings,
since
we do not know Sanskrit and are not capable of reading Gadhyams.